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- She Bop It Didn't Start with Babes in Toyland: A Short and Eccentric History of Women in Local Music, 1931-Present (Cover Story)
- They Won't Grow Up Belle and Sebastian continue life in their own Never Never Land (Music)
- Beyoncé, "Check on Me"; T-Pain, "I'm N Luv (Wit a Stripper)" (Radio Gaga)
- High on Stress: Moonlight Girls (CD Review)
- Colonial Vipers Attack: Colonial Vipers Attack (CD Review)
- Stereolab: Fab Four Suture (CD Review)
- Orthrelm: OV (CD Review)
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- The Rogers Sisters: The Invisible Deck (Mar 1, 2006)
- Early Man: Closing In, The Sword: Age of Winters (Mar 1, 2006)
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- Trampled By Turtles: Live at Lucé (Feb 15, 2006)
- Jenny Lewis with The Watson Twins: Rabbit Fur Coat (Feb 15, 2006)
- The Arctic Monkeys: Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (Feb 15, 2006)
- The Knife: Silent Shout (Feb 15, 2006)
- Various Artists: DUNation.com--Volume Won (Feb 15, 2006)
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Low Lustre: Low Lustre
Learning to pace yourself is an important lesson for marathon runners, tantric sex participants, and, apparently, indie rock trios. Low Lustre's debut release starts with its strongest offerings, then sort of tapers off. From the guitar-as-metronome intro to the sweeping falsetto chorus, "Too Far to Go" works in the most accessible shades of Spoon. Adding an extra edge to their otherwise clean-cut sound are Nate Borgen's gravelly vocals, which creak more than a little like Archers of Loaf/Crooked Fingers leader Eric Bachmann's. The comparison is most obvious on "Dancing Blind," which sneaks in on a quiet church organ chord before unveiling its sure-fire stuck-in-your-head melody on parallel guitar and vocals.
But once into the six-song EP's second half, rhythms slow and take the momentum of Low Lustre's hooks with them. By the time "Symmetry" brought things to a close with a plodding pace and Borgen's nicotine-flecked mumbles straining for the high notes, I was a sort of glad it was the end. Low Lustre are a young band with plenty of potential; they just could have used a little track shuffling on their first time out.
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- Malachi Constant: Pride (CD Review - Feb 22, 2006)
- In Da Club: Kevin Bowe and High on Stress at the Terminal Bar (In Da Club - Feb 22, 2006)
- Mel Gibson and the Pants: w/Guitar (CD Review - Jan 11, 2006)
- Acting Up Gay Beast fulfill both sides of their name (Music - Jan 4, 2006)
- You Can't Imagine How Much Fun We Had 2005's best local music from A to, uh, W (Cover Story - Dec 14, 2005)
- In Da Club: Christ Punchers at the Kitty Cat Klub (In Da Club - Dec 7, 2005)
- White Light Riot in the Ascot Room (In Da Club - Nov 16, 2005)
- The Sweet Thereafter Galvanic punks Sweet J.A.P. split up last year, but their members have remained friends and found love in a handful of new bands (Arts Feature - Nov 9, 2005)
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